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The Three Rs of Innovation – Risk, Reward, and Resources
Is it innovation or continuous improvement or is it innovation? Is it regular innovation or disruptive innovation? Is it new enough or too new? These questions are worse than meaningless as they suck emotional energy from the organization and divert emotional energy from the business objective.
With every initiative, there are risks, rewards, and resources. Risk generally tracks with newness, reward usually tracks with incremental customer goodness and resources are governed by the work. Risk is about the probability of tackling the newness, reward is about the size of the prize and resources are about how the work is done. There is no best amount of risk as sometimes the right amount is none and other times it's more than everyone prefers. And there's no best amount of reward as it depends on the company's goals. And there's no right amount of resources because there's no right scope. For all three – risk, reward and resources – the right amount depends on the context.
For bottom line projects, it's about maintaining product functionality while eliminating waste. And while there's no right amount of risk, reward and resources, three filters (people, process, tools) can help get everyone on the same page.
Here are the escalating categories for people – no new people, move people from group A to group B, hire more people like the ones we have, hire new people with skills we don't have. And for categories for process – no new processes, eliminate steps of existing processes, add steps to existing processes, create a process that's new to the facility, create a process that's new to the company, create process that's new to the industry, create a process that's new to the world. And for tools – no new tools, modify existing tools, buy new tools, create new tools from scratch.
There are no right answers, but if you've got to hire people you've never hired, create processes that are new-to-world, and invent new tools, it's clear to everyone the project is pushing the envelope. And if the reward is significant and resources are plentiful, it could be a good way to go. And if there are no new hires, no new processes, and no new tools, don't expect extravagant rewards. It's not an exact science, but categorizing the newness in people, process, and tools and then comparing with the reward (payoff) makes clear any mismatches. And when mismatches are clear they can be managed. Resources can be added, the scope can be reduced and reward can be revisited.
For top line projects, it's about providing novel usefulness to customers at a reasonable cost. And while risk, reward, and resources must be balanced, the filters are different. For top line, the filters are breadth of applicability, competition, is/isn't.
Here are the escalating categories for breadth of applicability – same customer in the same application, same customers in a new application, new customers in a new market, new customers in different industry, new customers in an industry created by the project. For competition – many competitors in the same industry, fewer competitors in the same industry, fewer competitors in a different industry, no competitors (compete with no one.) And for is/isn't – improve what is, radically improve what is, create what isn't.
Again, no right answers. But the plan is to sell to the same customers into markets with the same powerful competitors with only a slight improvement to the existing product, don't expect radical rewards and don't run a project that consumes significant resources. And, if the plan is to create a whole new industry where there are no competitors and it requires an entirely new service that doesn't yet exist, the potential reward should be spectacular, expect to allocate a boatload of resources and prepare for the project to take longer than expected or to be cancelled before completion.
Balancing risk, reward and resources is not an exact science. And the only way to get good at it is to calibrate new projects based on previous projects. To start the calibration process, try the process on your most recent completed projects. Categorize the projects with the relevant filters and define the resources consumed and the realized rewards. And when planning the next project, categorize with the filters and define the resource plan and planned rewards and see how they compare with the completed projects. And if there are mismatches, reconcile them with the realities of the previous projects.
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Companies don't innovate, people do.
Big companies hold tightly to what they have until they feel threatened by upstarts, and not before. They mobilize only when they see their sales figures dip below the threshold of tolerability, and no sooner. And if they're the market leaders, they delay their mobilization through rationalization. The dip is due to general economic slowdown that is out of our control, the dip is due to temporary unrest from the power structure change in government, or the dip is due to some ethereal force we don't yet fully understand. The strength of big companies is what they have, and they do what it takes only when what they have is threatened. But once they're threatened, watch out. But, the truth is, big companies don't make change, people within big companies make change.
Start-ups want to change everything. They reject what they don't have and threaten the status-quo at every turn. And they're always mobilized to grow sales. Every new opportunity brings an opportunity to change the game. In a ready-fire-aim way, every phone call with a potential customer is an opportunity to dilute and defocus. Each new opportunity is an opportunity to create a mega business and each new customer segment is an opportunity to pivot. The strength of start-ups is what they don't have. No loyalty to an existing business model, no shared history with other companies, and no NIH (not invented here). But, once they focus and decide to converge on an important market segment, watch out. But, truth is, start-ups don't make change, people within start-ups make change.
When you work in a big company, if your idea is any good the established business units will try to stomp it into oblivion because it threatens their status quo. In that way, if your idea is dismissed out of hand or stomped on aggressively, you are likely onto something worth pursuing. If you're told by the experts "It will never work." that's a sign from the gods that your idea has strong merit and deserves to be worked. And this is where it comes down to people. The person with the idea can either pack it in or push through the intellectual inertia of company success. To be clear – it's their choice. If they pack it in, the idea never sees the light of day. But if they decide, despite the fact they're not given the tools, time, or training, to build a prototype and show it to company leadership, your company has a chance to reinvent itself. What causes and conditions have you put in place for your passionate innovators to choose to do the hard work of making a prototype?
When you work at a start-up the objective is to dismantle the status quo, and all ideas are good ideas. In that way, your idea will be praised and you'll be urged to work on it. If you're told by the experts "That could work." it does not mean you should work on it. Since resources are precious, focus is mandatory. The person with the idea can either try to convert their idea into a prototype or respect the direction set by company leadership. To be clear – it's their choice. If they work on their new idea they dilute the company's best chance to grow. But if they decide, despite their excitement around their idea, to align with the direction set by the company, your startup has a chance to deliver on its aggressive promises. What causes and conditions have you put in place for your passionate innovators to choose to do the hard work of aligning with the agreed upon approach and direction?
When no one's looking, do you want your people to try new ideas or focus on the ones you already have? When given a choice, do you want them to focus on existing priorities or blow them out of the water? And if you want to improve their ability to choose, what can you put in place to help them choose wisely?
To be clear, a formal set of decision criteria and a standardized decision-making process won't cut it here. But that's not to say decisions should be unregulated and unguided. The only thing that's flexible and powerful enough to put things right is the good judgment of the middle managers who do the work. "Middle managers" is not the best words to describe who I'm talking about. I'm talking about the people you call when the wheels fall off and you need them put back on in a hurry. You know who I'm talking about. In start-ups or big companies, these people have a deep understanding of what the company is trying to achieve, they know how to do the work and know when to say "give it a try" and when to say "not now." When people with ideas come to them for advice, it's their calibrated judgement that makes the difference.
Calibrated judgement of respected leaders is not usually called out as a make-or-break element of innovation, growth and corporate longevity, but is just that. But good judgement around new ideas are the key to all three. And it comes down to a choice – do those ideas die in the trenches or are they kindly nurtured until they can stand on their own?
No getting around it, it's a judgment call whether an idea is politely put on hold or accelerated aggressively. And no getting around it, those decisions make all the difference.
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How To Reduce Innovation Risk
The trouble with innovation is it's risky. Sure, the upside is nice (increased sales), but the downside (it doesn't work) is distasteful. Everyone is looking for the magic pill to change the risk-reward ratio of innovation, but there is no pill. Though there are some things you can do to tip the scale in your favor.
All problems are business problems. Problem solving is the key to innovation, and all problems are business problems. And as companies embrace the triple bottom line philosophy, where they strive to make progress in three areas – environmental, social and financial, there's a clear framework to define business problems.
Start with a business objective. It's best to define a business problem in terms of a shortcoming in business results. And the holy grail of business objectives is the growth objective. No one wants to be the obstacle, but, more importantly, everyone is happy to align their career with closing the gap in the growth objective. In that way, if solving a problem is directly linked to achieving the growth objective, it will get solved.
Sell more. The best way to achieve the growth objective is to sell more. Bottom line savings won't get you there. You need the sizzle of the top line. When solving a problem is linked to selling more, it will get solved.
Customers are the only people that buy things. If you want to sell more, you've got to sell it to customers. And customers buy novel usefulness. When solving a problem creates novel usefulness that customers like, the problem will get solved. However, before trying to solve the problem, verify customers will buy what you're selling.
No-To-Yes. Small increases in efficiency and productivity don't cause customers to radically change their buying habits. For that your new product or service must do something new. In a No-To-Yes way, the old one couldn't but the new one can. If solving the problem turns no to yes, it will get solved.
Would they buy it? Before solving, make sure customers will buy the useful novelty. (To know, clearly define the novelty in a hand sketch and ask them what they think.) If they say yes, see the next question.
Would it meet our growth objectives? Before solving, do the math. Does the solution result in incremental sales larger than the growth objective? If yes, see the next question.
Would we commercialize it? Before solving, map out the commercialization work. If there are no resources to commercialize, stop. If the resources to commercialize would be freed up, solve it.
Defining is solving. Up until now, solving has been premature. And it's still not time. Create a functional model of the existing product or service using blocks (nouns) and arrows (verbs). Then, to create the problem(s), add/modify/delete functions to enable the novel usefulness customers will buy. There will be at least one problem – the system cannot perform the new function. Now it's time to take a deep dive into the physics and bring the new function to life. There will likely be other problems. Existing functions may be blocked by the changes needed for the new function. Harmful actions may develop or some functions will be satisfied in an insufficient way. The key is to understand the physics in the most complete way. And solve one problem at a time.
Adaptation before creation. Most problems have been solved in another industry. Instead of reinventing the wheel, use TRIZ to find the solutions in other industries and adapt them to your product or service. This is a powerful lever to reduce innovation risk.
There's nothing worse than solving the wrong problem. And you know it's the wrong problem if the solution doesn't: solve a business problem, achieve the growth objective, create more sales, provide No-To-Yes functionality customers will buy, and you won't allocate the resources to commercialize.
And if the problem successfully runs the gauntlet and is worth solving, spend time to define it rigorously. To understand the bedrock physics, create a functional of the system, add the new functionality and see what breaks. Then use TRIZ to create a generic solution, search for the solution across other industries and adapt it.
The key to innovation is problem solving. But to reduce the risk, before solving, spend time and energy to make sure it's the right problem to solve.
It's far faster to solve the right problem slowly than to solve the wrong one quickly.
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Put Yourself Out There
If you put yourself out there and it doesn't go as you expect, don't get down. All you are responsible for is your effort and your intentions. You're not responsible for the outcome. Intentions don't drive outcomes. In fact, be prepared for your work to bring out the opposite of your intentions.
If you put yourself out there and it goes poorly, don't judge yourself negatively. Sometimes, things go that way. It's not a problem, unless you make it one. So, don't make it one. Just put yourself out there.
The clothes don't get clean without an agitator. Hold onto that, and put yourself out there.
How do you know you've put yourself out there? The status quo is angry with you. The people in power want you to stop. The organization tries to scuttle your work. And the people that know the truth take you out to lunch.
If you put yourself out there and your message is met with 100% agreement, you didn't put yourself out there. You may have stepped outside the lines, but you didn't put your whole self on the line. You didn't splash everyone with a full belly flop. There wasn't enough sting and your belly isn't red enough.
You won't get it right, but put yourself out there anyway. You can't predict the outcome, but take a run at the status quo. You don't know how it will turn out, but that's not a reason to hold back, it's objective evidence it's time to take a run at it.
Don't put yourself out there because it's the right thing to do, put yourself out there because you have an emotional connection. Put yourself out there because it's time to put yourself out there. Put yourself out there because you don't know what else to do.
Be prepared to be misunderstood, but put yourself out there. Expect to be laughed at and talked about behind your back, but put yourself out there. And expect there will be one or two people who will have your back. You know who they are.
No sense holding back. Get over the fear and put yourself out there.
The only one holding you back is you.
Image credit – Mark Bonica
Success – the Enemy of New Work
Success is the enemy of new work. Past success blocks new work out of fear it will jeopardize future success, and future success blocks new work out of fear future success will actually come to be.
Either way you look at it, success gets in the way of doing new work.
Success itself has no power to block new work. To generate its power, past success creates the fear of loss in the people doing today's work. And their fear causes them to block new work. When we did A we got success, and now you are trying to do B. B is not A, and may not bring success. I will resist B out of fear of losing the goodness of past success.
As a blocking agent, future success is more ethereal and more powerful because it prevents new work from starting. Future success causes our minds to project the goodness and glory the new work could bring and because our small sense of self doesn't think we're worthy, we never start. Where past success creates an enemy in the status quo, future success creates an enemy within ourselves.
But if we replace fear with learning, the game changes.
I'm not trying to displace our past success, I'm trying to learn if we can use it as springboard and back flip into the deep end of our future success. If it works, our learning will refine today's success and inform tomorrow's. If it doesn't work, we'll learn what doesn't work and try something else. But not to worry, we'll make small bets and create big learning. That way when we jump in the puddle, the splash will be small. And if the water's cold, we'll stop. But if it's warm, we'll jump into a bigger puddle. And maybe we'll jump together. What do you think? Will you help me learn?
Yes, it's scary to think about running this small experiment. Not because it won't work, but because it might. If we learn this could work it would be a game-changer for the company and I'm afraid I'm not worthy of the work. Can you help me navigate this emotional roller coaster? Can you help me learn if this will work? Can you review the results privately and help me learn what's going on? If we don't learn how to do it, our competitors will. Can you help me start?
Success blocks, but it also pays the bills. And, hopefully it's always part of the equation. But there are things we can do to take the edge of its blocking power. Acknowledge that new work is scary and focus on learning. Learning isn't threatening, and it moves things forward. Show results and ask for comments from people who created past success. Over time, they'll become important advocates. And acknowledge to yourself that new work creates internal fear, and acknowledge the best way to push through fear is to learn.
Be afraid, make small bets and learn big.
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Transcending Our Financial Accounting Systems
In business and in life, one of the biggest choices is what to do next. Sounds simple, but it's not.
The decision has many facets and drives many questions, for example: Does it fit with core competence? Does it fit with the brand? How many will we sell? What will the market look like after it's launched? Do we have what it takes to pull it off?
These questions then explode into a series of complex financial analyses like – return on investment, return on capital, return on net assets (and all its flavors) and all sorts of yet-to-be created return on this's and that's. This return business is all about the golden ratio – how much will we make relative to how much it costs. All the calculations, regardless of their name, are variations on this theme. And all suffer the same fundamental flaw – they are based on an artificial system of financial accounting.
To me, especially when working in new territory, we must transcend the self-made biases and limitations of GAAP and ask the bedrock question – Is it worth it?
In the house of cards of our financial accounting, worth equals dollars. Nothing more, nothing less. And this simplistic, formulaic characterization has devastating consequence. Worth is broader than profit, it's nuanced, it's philosophical, it's about people, it's about planet. Yet we let our accounting systems lead us around by the nose as if people don't matter, like the planet doesn't matter, like what we stand for doesn't matter. Simply put, worth is not dollars.
The single-most troubling artifact of our accounting systems is its unnatural bias toward immediacy. How much will we make next year? How about next quarter? What will we spend next month? If we push out the expense by a month how much will we save? What will it do to this quarter's stock price? It's like the work has no validity unless the return on investment isn't measured in days, weeks or months. It seems the only work that makes it through the financial analysis gauntlet is work that costs nothing and returns almost nothing. Under the thumb of financial accounting, projects are small in scope, smaller in resource demands and predictable in time. This is a recipe for minimalist improvement and incrementalism.
What about the people doing the work? Why aren't we concerned they can't pay their mortgages? Why do we think it's okay to demand they work weekends? Why don't we hold their insurance co-pays at reasonable levels? Why do we think it's okay to slash our investment in their development? What about their self-worth? Just because we can't measure it in a financial sense, don't we think it's a liability to foster disenchantment and disengagement? If we considered our people an asset in a financial accounting sense, wouldn't we invest in them to protect their output? Why do we preventive maintenance on our machines but not our people?
When doing innovative work, our financial accounting systems fail us. These systems were designed in an era when it was best to increase the maturity of immature systems. But now that our systems are mature, and our objective is to obsolete them, our ancient financial accounting systems hinder more than help. The domains of reinvention and disruption are dominated by judgement, not rigid accounting rules. Innovation is the domain of incomplete data and uncertain outcomes and not the domain of debits and credits.
Profit is important, but profit is a result. Financial accounting doesn't create profit, people create profit. And the currency of people are thoughts, feelings and judgement.
With innovation, it's better to create the conditions so people believe in the project and are fully engaged in their work. With creativity, it's better to have empowered people who will move mountains to do what must be done. With work that's new, it's better to trust people and empower them to use their best judgement.
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Sometimes things need to get worse before they can get better.
All the scary words are grounded in change. Innovation, by definition, is about change. When something is innovative it's novel, useful and successful. Novel is another word for different and different means change. That's why innovation is scary. And that's why radical innovation is scarier.
Continuous improvement, where everything old is buffed and polished into something new, is about change. When people have followed the same process for fifteen years and then it's improved, people get scared. In their minds improved isn't improved, improved is different. And different means change. Continuous improvement is especially scary because it makes processes more productive and frees up people to do other things, unless, of course, there are no other things to do. And when that happens their jobs go away. Every continuous improvement expert knows when the first person loses their job due to process improvement the program is dead in the saddle, yet it happens. And that's scary on a number of fronts.
And then there's disruption. While there's disagreement on what it actually is, there is vicious agreement that after a disruption the campus will be unrecognizable. And unrecognizable things are unrecognizable because they are different from previous experience. And different means change. With mortal innovation there are some limits, but with disruption everything is fair game. With disruption everything can change, including the venerable, yet decrepit, business model. With self-disruption, the very thing responsible for success is made to go away by the people that that built it. And that's scary. And when a company is disrupted from the outside it can die. And, thankfully, that's scary.
But change isn't scary. Thinking about change is scary.
There's one condition where change is guaranteed – when the pain of the current situation is stronger than the fear of changing it. One source of pain could be from a realization the ship will run aground if a new course isn't taken. When pain of the immanent shipwreck (caused by fear) overpowers the fear of uncharted waters, the captain readily pulls hard to starboard. And when the crew realizes it's sink or swim, they swim.
Change doesn't happen before it's time. And before things get bad enough, it's not time.
When the cruise ship is chugging along in fair seas, change won't happen. Right before the fuel runs out and the generators quit, it's all you can eat and margaritas for everyone. And right after, when the air conditioning kicks out and the ice cream melts, it's bedlam. But bedlam is not the best way to go. No sense waiting until the fuel's gone to make change. Maybe someone should keep an eye the fuel gauge and let the captain know when there's only a quarter tank. That way there's some time to point the ship toward the closest port.
There's no reason to wait for a mutiny to turn the ship, but sometimes an almost mutiny is just the thing.
As a captain, it's difficult to let things get worse so they can get better. But if there's insufficient emotional energy to power change, things must get worse. The best captains run close to the reef and scrape the hull. The buffet tables shimmy, the smoked salmon fouls the deck and the liquor bottles rattle. And when done well, there's a deep groan from the bowels of the ship that makes it clear this is no drill. And if there's a loud call for all hands on deck and a cry for bilge pumps at the ready, all the better.
To pull hard in a new direction, sometimes the crew needs help to see things as they are, not as they were.
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Where there's fun there is no fear.
For those who lead projects and people, failure is always lurking in the background. And gone unchecked, it can hobble. Despite best efforts to put a shine on it, there's still a strong negative element to failure. No two ways about it, failure is mapped with inadequacy and error. Failure is seen as the natural consequence of making a big mistake. And there's a finality to failure. Sometimes it's the end of a project and sometimes it's the end of a career. Failure severely limits personal growth and new behavior. But at least failure is visible to the naked eye. There's no denying a good train wreck.
A fumble is not failure. When something gets dropped or when a task doesn't get done, that's a fumble. A fumble is not catastrophic and sometimes not even noteworthy. A fumble is mapped with a careless mistake that normally doesn't happen. No real cause. It just happens. But it can be a leading indicator of bigger and badder things to come, and if you're not looking closely, the fumble can go unnoticed. And the causes and conditions behind the fumble are usually unclear or unknown. Where failure is dangerous because everyone knows when it happens, fumbles are dangerous because they can go unnoticed.
Floundering is not fumbling. With floundering, nothing really happens. No real setbacks, no real progress, no real energy. A project that flounders is a project that never reaches the finish line and never makes it to the cemetery. To recognize floundering takes a lot of experience and good judgment because it doesn't look like much. But that's the point – not much is happening. No wind in the sails and no storm on the horizon. And to call it by name takes courage because there are no signs of danger. Yet it's dangerous for that very reason. Floundering can consume more resources than failure.
Fear is the fundamental behind failing, fumbling and floundering. But unlike failure, no one talks about fear. Talking about fear is too scary. And like fumbling and floundering, fear is invisible, especially if you're not looking. Like diabetes, fear is a silent killer. And where diabetes touches many, fear gets us all. Fear is invisible, powerful and prolific. It's a tall order to battle the invisible.
But where there's fun there can be no fear. More precisely, there can be no negative consequence of fear. When there's fun, everyone races around like their hair is on fire. Not on fire in the burn unit way, but on fire in the energy to burn way. When there's fun people help each other for no reason. They share, they communicate and they take risks. When there's fun no one asks for permission and the work gets done. When there's fun everyone goes home on time and their spouses are happy. Fun is easy to see, but it's not often seen because it's rare.
If there's one thing that can go toe-to-toe with fear, it's fun. It's that powerful. Fun is so powerful it can turn failure into learning. But if it's so powerful, why don't we teach people to have fun? Why don't we create the causes and conditions so fun erupts?
I don't know why we don't promote fun. But, I do know fun is productive and fun is good for business. But more important than that, fun is a lot of fun.
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Good teachers don't always look like teachers.
When you're laying in your camping tent dead tired and wanting for sleep the last thing you want is a rouge mosquito that dive-bombs you continuously throughout the night. With each sortie, it pushes on your expectations of how things should be. This little creature, so small and so powerless, becomes powerful enough to ruin a good night's sleep. But, really, the mosquito itself doesn't become powerful at all. You give the mosquito its power, power generated by a mismatch between what you want (sleep) and what is (a little bug flying around). This mismatch causes you assign intent to the mosquito which leads you to tell yourself a story of an insect on a singular mission to upset you. Truth is, the mosquito is on a mission, a mission to teach you the self destructive power of making little things into big things. The mosquito is your teacher.
When it's time to learn, the best teachers show up as if on command. When things have been going well for a while and you're getting a little stale, your supportive boss contracts yellow fever to make room for your teacher. Your teacher, in the form of your new boss, shows up the first day with all the wrong answers and the strong desire to standardize on them. Your teacher challenges you to look inside for the motivation to elevate your game and demands you bring creativity and clarity of unrivaled proportions. Your terrible boss doesn't know enough to ask for the right things so you end up solving oblique problems that on the surface seem meaningless. But, because you had to solve a new problem in a new way you come up with a variant that ends up transforming your mainstream business. Your terrible boss is your teacher.
Due to an economic slowdown, the multinational you work for eliminates your division and you lose your job. As you search for a job and collect unemployment you have a little time so you start a crazy side project. It doesn't matter if it works because it's just a diversion from your miserable situation, so you try it. And, as it turns out the impossible is actually possible and you start a whole new business on your prototype. Your miserable situation is your teacher.
Instead of getting angry at your new situation and feeling terrible about yourself, embrace the newness and let it be your teacher. Be humble, watch it unfold and see where it takes you. Use it to see yourself differently. Use it to challenge your assumptions.
And, most importantly, as you take the wild ride, hold on to your hearts best intention.
Image credit – Andreas.
Business Models Are Finite
Like it or not, everything changes. The rock solid brand will erode and the venerable business model will wither and die. Though you will add immense energy to hold on to what you built, natural forces of competitive evolution will come up with something makes your best work extinct.
We see it in our everyday lives. Houses need new roofs, cars needs new tires and our kids grow out of their best clothes. Sure we do everything we can to make things last, but we know that ultimately the roof will collapse and the tires will blow out. It doesn't matter if we don't want it to happen. It will happen without our consent. And we can see it coming. The roof loses some shingles, some tar paper shows through in spots and we know the leaks will follow. The leaks are not wanted, but they're not a surprise. And it's the same with tires. They start to rumble at highway speed, they get you stuck in snow that wasn't a problem last year and the hydroplaning is inevitable. It's not if it's when. You rotate them, you keep them inflated and you know they will give it up. If you're surprised it's because you didn't pay attention.
But in business we deny our business models have a natural life span and we deny what worked last year will not always work next year. And like with tires the signs of wear are obvious, but we dismiss the bumpy ride and the loss of traction in the market. And when the tar paper is clearly showing through the business model and someone points it out they are ignored or even ostracized for calling attention to the deep problem. And that's the thing – it's too deep to acknowledge, too deep to talk about. It's too uncertain and therefore too frightening. The fear of a dwindling reality is stronger than the fear of doing something new so we put plywood over the windows and try to ride out the storm that will only get stronger.
Plywood is good when the radar says the hurricane will last for three hours. But plywood isn't going to cut it when the fifth hurricane in a month picks up the house and blows it into the next county. The decision to evacuate the business model and abandon what worked is a tough one. It's emotionally charged. There are pictures on the wall of four generation of CEOs and there are memories of successful production launches and an unnamable feeling of comfort in everything, including the bad cafeteria food you grew up on.
To ignore the natural forces of change is unskillful. It's not good for the stock price but more importantly it's not good for your personal wellbeing. It's emotionally draining to bury the truth from yourself and it's an immense waste of resources to continually prop up something that should be evacuated.
It's not safer to bury your head in the sand. Call attention to the leaky roof and point out that people aren't supposed to need to add air to leaky tires every other day. And when they dismiss you, don't accept it. No one can dismiss you without your consent. Don't give it to them.
Image credit – Don McCullough
Don't mentor. Develop young talent.
Your young talent deserves your attention. But it's not for the sake of the young talent, it's for the survival of your company.
Your young talent understands technology far better than your senior leaders. And they don't just know how it works, they know why people use it. And it's not just social media. They know how to code, they know how to prototype (I think the call it hacking, or something like that.) and they know how things fit together. And they know what's next. But they don't know how to get things done within your organization.
Mentoring isn't the right word. It's a tired word without meaning, and we've demonstrated we care about it only from a compliance standpoint and not a content standpoint. The mentorship checklist – set up regular meetings, meet infrequently without an agenda, lie it die a slow death and then declare compliance. Nurturing is a better word, but it has connotations of taking care. Parenting captures the essence of the work, but it doesn't fit with the language of companies. But that may not be so bad, because the work doesn't fit with the operations companies.
In the short term it's inefficient to spend precious leadership bandwidth on young talent, but in the long run, it's the only way to go. Just as the yardwork goes more slowly when your kids help, the next time it's a bit faster. But the real benefit, the unquantifiable benefit, is the pure joy of spending time with irreverent, energetic, idealistic young people. Yes, there's less productivity (fewer leaves raked per hour), but that's not what it's about. There's growth, increased capability and shared experience that will set up the next lesson.
The biggest mistake is to come up with special "mentorship projects". Adding work for the sake of growing talent is wrong on so many levels. Instead, help them with the work they're expected to do. Dig in. Help them. Contribute to their projects. Go to their meetings. Provide technical guidance. Look ahead for potential problems and tell them they are looming over the horizon. Let them make the decisions. Let them choose the path, but run ahead and make sure they negotiate the corner. If they're going to make it, let them scoot through without them seeing you. If they're going to crash, grab the wheel and negotiate the corner with them. Then, when things have calmed down, tell them why you stepped in.
Your children watch you. They watch how you interact with your spouse; they watch how you handle stressful situations; they watch how you treat other children; they listen to what you say to them; they listen to how you say it. And when the words disagree with the unsaid sentiment, they believe the sentiment. Your children know you by your actions. You are transparent to them. They know everything about you. They know why you do things and they know what you stand for. And young talent is no different.
There is nothing more invigorating than a bright, young person willing to dig in and make a difference. Their passion is priceless. And as much as you are helping them, they are helping you. They spark new thinking; they help you see the implicit assumptions you've left untested for too long and then naively stomp on them and give you a save-face way to revisit your old thinking. When the toddler learns to walk, even the grandparents spring to life and spryly support them step-by-step.
Don't call it parenting, but behave like one. Take the time to form the close relationships that transcend the generational divide. Make it personal, because it is. And when you have too much to do and too little time to invest in young talent, do it anyway. Do it for them or do it for the company, but do it.
But in the end, do it for the right reason, the selfish reason – because it the best thing for you.
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One thing is undeniable, many celebrities receive plastic surgery. It is just an accepted part of the Hollywood culture, at least for the most part. Things are changing, however, and more and more people are speaking out against cosmetic treatments and are insisting that both men and women embrace who they really are. Tell that to these ladies who are part of our list of 10 Celebs Who Claim They've Never Had Plastic Surgery, But We Disagree. There is no way in heck that these women did not go under the knife, even if it was for a small or low-key surgery. From nose jobs and breast implants, to Botox and beyond, these are ten actresses and TV personalities who are still in denial about the work they have had done. And we are totally calling them out.
It would be one thing if they could just be honest and open about it all. We understand that there is a whole lot of pressure in Hollywood to look a certain way and exhibit a particular brand or appearance. That can be really tumultuous for a lot of people, and sometimes the best thing that they can think of is turning to plastic surgery. A rhinoplasty or a boob job could be what they need to elevate their careers and get more media attention. Well, that may work for them, but we want to also come out and say that it is unnecessary. Nowadays there is nothing like a woman who is confident with herself and loves everything about herself, "flaws" and all.
10 Nene Leakes
Come on, if you are on the Real Housewives TV series, then the odds are that you live a pretty artificial life, just saying. Yet Nene Leakes says that she is still all-natural, unlike some of her Real Housewife co-stars. We'll let you be the judge on this one, but if you take a look back a few years and then fast-forward to now, you will see a marked difference in Nene's facial features and feminine assets. There is nothing remotely wrong with plastic surgery, but we just want you to keep it honest, Nene! Let us know the truth!
9 Scheana Shay
We have another Bravo TV reality star. Scheana Shay was always one fine lady, so why did she have to go and expose herself under the knife? It was probably all of the pressure from appearing on reality television. Yet if you ask Scheana Shay herself, she will tell you that she has not undergone any type of treatment, not even Botox. Riiight. Just taking a look at her entire body and it is hard to find something that has not been surgically altered. In short, we're just not buying it, but she is still standing by what she said.
8 Christina Aguilera
The singer and judge on The Voice has always been in the public eye, and she became a teen idol back in the 1990s. The world basically got to watch her grow up, and boy did she grow up. Now Christina is one busty lady, and while we think she is downright beautiful, we don't think that she is all-natural. If we go back in time to the days when she was singing "Beautiful" and "Dirrty," we can see a younger Christina who is definitely not as blessed in the chest. The only explanation we can think of is a cosmetic procedure.
7 Angelina Jolie
We still believe that her lips are all natural (although maybe she has had to plump them a bit as she got older…) but we do think that her nose has undergone some major reconstructive surgery. We can see photos of Angelina back in her younger days, and these snapshots show the bridge of her nose being wider than it is now. These days, Angelina has a noticeably narrower nose and it looks perfectly smoothed and contoured. We wouldn't put it past her if she got some clandestine cosmetic treatment done, but the odds are neither she nor Brad will spill the beans.
6 The Olsen Twins
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to look at Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen and see nearly a complete 180-degree transformation. The cute blonde-haired twins now resemble old hags that are shrinking away into nothingness. Not to be mean, but when did 30 become the new 80? We understand that the Olsen twins are going for that "homeless chic" look, but it's actually kind of a slap in the face to people who actually are without a home. Moreover, these ladies are fashion designers, which makes us seriously questions their hollowed cheeks, strange lips, and frumpy clothing. The mystery eludes us.
5 Kim Zolciak
The Real Housewives star is still denying rumors of plastic surgery, but come on. Her face tells a complete different story, especially her nose. Once slightly hooked and noticeably larger than it is now, her current-day nose is upturned and smoothed out. That doesn't just happen, and it certainly can't be achieved with makeup alone. This is just another example of a reality TV star who felt the need to try to compete with the big-time celebs. Sad, but true because it happens all the time (as we have already seen). Hopefully, others will learn from Kim and the others mistakes.
4 Ashley Judd
The actress and sister of Wynonna Judd says it is her medication that has changed her face from being aged and worn out to looking dewy and supple. Yeah, we think it's medication all right...medication like Botox! Now that she is nearing 50 years of age, it makes sense for her to feel that pressure to keep things looking fresh and rejuvenated. Still, we support those celebrities who try to keep it natural even as they face the wrinkles and splotches of maturity. Think of them as battle wounds and experience points! Well, maybe it is easier said than done.
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3 Kylie Jenner
Really though, really? Pretty much everyone knows about Kylie Jenner, even if they don't want to. Belonging to the Kardashian-Jenner clan of sisters, it just makes sense that Kylie would be exposed to the materialistic and artificial life. As her older sisters Kim, Kourtney, and Khloe have undergone certain treatments, we can guess that Kylie would start to feel left out. And while the 18-year-old has a great physique and attractiveness, we can't say that her lips look natural. They are way too big for her face and even sparked the "Kylie Jenner Lip Challenge." Please don't try it at home.
2 Jenni Farley
Jersey Shore alum Jenni Farley has been honest about her breast implants, but we don't think she is telling the whole story when it comes to her plastic surgery endeavors. Just take a look at her face today and a few years ago. Obviously, there has been some kind of change there, and it isn't just makeup. We must say, her cosmetic treatments have only achieved the self-fulfilling prophecy of exhibiting the stereotypical Jersey Girl. Congratulations, Jenni. What we don't understand is if she already admitted her breast surgery, why hide the other stuff? Maybe it's to avoid looking desperate?
1 Renee Zellweger
Sorry, but there is absolutely, positively, no way that Renee Zellweger did not get plastic surgery. It is just physically impossible. The actress' face is completely different and there is nothing about it that is remotely similar to her days as Bridget Jones. It was actually downright creepy when we first saw Renee after her plastic surgery - or ahem - her "improved happiness." Yes, that's right, the actress is trying to say that she just looks happier and has a healthier attitude and lifestyle. No, sorry, just no. We can't even. Who is this person and what did she do with Renee Zellweger?!
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New Poll Shows Family And Friends Maintain Tech Support Lead For 50+, But Geek Squad Is Closing The Gap
Patient family and friends remain a great choice, but Geek Squads recently launched service aimed at AARP® members lets family and friends relax and talk about more important things
RICHFIELD - If youre tired of your parents hounding you for tech advice, youre likely not alone. According to a recent Geek Squad poll of AARP members,* more than half of the nearly 700 respondents say they turn to a family member or friend first when they need tech help. Geek Squad ranked second-most preferred at nearly 17 percent, with hardware manufacturers and local tech providers ranking third- and fourth-most preferred, respectively.
New technology is coming out faster than ever, and it can be downright daunting if youre not familiar with what all these devices can do for you, said Geek Squad Covert Agent Derek Meister. We serve thousands of AARP members, and while theyre as excited about technology as anybody else, theyre worried about exposing themselves to viruses or failing to get the most out of their gear.
Still, technology dependence appears to be on the uptick among the 50+ as both men and women say they intend to add more gadgets to their tech arsenal. For the AARP members in this poll, the most sought-after electronics going into this holiday season are tablets/e-readers (27 percent), computers (25 percent), and smart phones and TVs (both 16 percent). They indicated they typically reach out for guidance when they need troubleshooting help, pre-purchase advice or virus removal.
To address the particular needs of the 50+, Geek Squad recently introduced the Geek Squad® Tech Support & Guidance program for AARP® members. The program provides 24/7 tech help at attractive discounts so that AARP members can enjoy convenient access to Geek Squad Agents online, in-store and by phone.* Key benefits of the program include:
A personal shopper program tailored to AARP members through a dedicated 1-800 phone line, exclusive email access and seamless order process, supported by a captive team of Geek Squad Agents who have completed specialized training to support AARP members specifically.
Set-up/installation of computers, tablets and peripherals through access to Geek Squad Agents in-store and online.
Diagnostics, troubleshooting and repair services in-store and online for computers and computer peripherals.
Special discounts on additional Geek Squad services, including 15 percent off all in-home and in-store services, and 25 percent off all online services.
Free recycling and disposal of consumer electronics products in 12 categories, regardless of where or when the item was originally purchased.
For more information about Geek Squad Tech Support and Guidance, visit http://www.geeksquad.com/aarp.
About AARP
AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, with a membership of more than 37 million, that helps people 50+ have independence, choice and control in ways that are beneficial to them and society as a whole. AARP does not endorse candidates for public office or make contributions to either political campaigns or candidates. We produce AARP The Magazine, the definitive voice for Americans 50+ and the worlds largest-circulation magazine; AARP Bulletin, the go-to news source for the 50+ audience; AARP VIVA, a bilingual lifestyle multimedia platform addressing the interests and needs of Hispanic Americans; and national television and radio programming including My Generation and Inside E Street. The AARP Foundation is an affiliated charity that provides security, protection, and empowerment to older persons in need with support from thousands of volunteers, donors, and sponsors. AARP has staffed offices in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Learn more at www.aarp.org.
About AARP Services, Inc.
Established in 1999, AARP Services, Inc. is a wholly owned taxable subsidiary of AARP. AARP Services, Inc. manages provider relationships and performs quality control oversight of the wide range of products and services that carry the AARP name and are made available by independent providers as benefits to more than 37 million AARP members. The provider offers currently span health products, financial products, travel and leisure products, and life event services. Specific products include Medicare supplemental insurance; credit cards, auto and home, mobile home and motorcycle insurance, life insurance and annuities; member discounts on rental cars, cruises, vacation packages and lodging; special offers on technology and gifts; pharmacy services; legal services; and long term care insurance. AARP Services, Inc. also engages in new product development activities for AARP and provides certain consulting services to outside companies.
About Geek Squad
Since its expansion nationally in 2004, Geek Squad has grown to nearly 20,000 technicians who support install and repair for consumers and small businesses alike, including computing, home theater, auto electronics, mobile devices and appliances. Geek Squad technicians are available at Precincts in all Best Buy U.S. stores, through house calls and via online chat, remote support or over-the phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
About Best Buy Co., Inc.
Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) is a leading multi-channel global retailer and developer of technology products and services. Every day our employees - 167,000 strong - are committed to helping deliver the technology solutions that enable easy access to people, knowledge, ideas and fun. We are keenly aware of our role and impact on the world, and we are committed to developing and implementing business strategies that bring sustainable technology solutions to our consumers and communities. For additional information about Best Buy, visit http://www.investors.bestbuy.com/.
*The Tech Advisor Poll was conducted at the Geek Squad provider booth during the three-day AARP Life@50+ National Event and Expo in New Orleans, La., which is designated for AARP members throughout the United States. Participants completed the multi-question survey on a tablet or laptop during the event.
**Geek Squad Tech Support & Guidance for AARP Members pricing varies by term (one, two or three years) and is discounted further when subscriptions are purchased along with a tablet or a computer from Best Buy. For example, with a hardware purchase, a one year subscription is $99.99 - and $169.99 without a computer or tablet purchase.
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When trying a hat on you will occasionally find one size too small and the next too big. It is suggested that you purchase the larger one and insert a liner inside the leather sweatband to help the hat fit more snugly. A hat that feels too tight will never be comfortable. When the hat is new it may feel a little stiff. However, with wear the leather hatband will begin to mould to your head shape.
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If your Akubra is slightly soiled with dust and/or grime, firstly brush the hat in an anti-clockwise direction to remove any dust and then lightly rub the affected area with a paint thinner or dry cleaning fluid. Do not use too much. Car upholstery cleaner can be used. Spray on and leave for 15-20 seconds then wipe off with a damp cloth.
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I hardly take pics of myself, but my girlies were totally digging my outfit for our Girl's night out at Caramel, DIFC ,so it was the perfect photo opportunity to post on my blog – and yes, I've been slightly MIA, I truly do apologize.
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Hijab Street Styling from Kuala Lumpur
This is going to be a completely new section to the blog, one that I've wanted to do for a while, and my very first participant is Ms. Farrah Abdullah from Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. As our world revolves around social media, we actually got connected through Instagram and I totally loved her fashion style and wanted to represent it on my blog. Luckily for me, she was just as excited and willing to share her fashion and styling tips to hijanista's out there ! 🙂
Farrah first started wearing the hijab when she was 13 and has been continuously playing around various styles based around comfort and trend. Her fashion style is best described as 'international fusion' which is heavily influenced by Arabian and Western trends. Farrah creates most of her own hijaabs by getting inspiration from high end designers as well as browsing through flea markets. Trips to textile markets and visits to tailors are part of her passion for experimentation and individuality when it comes to wearing the hijaab.
Her favorite stores are H&M, ZARA and Forever21, but you'll also find her rummaging through local boutiques and street markets. Farrah's main tip for wearing the hijaab is to play around with colors and the fabric of the hijaab. She believes that colors can compliment the wearer and stresses the importance on the texture of the fabric as it can make or break your look.
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9th annual race returns to San Antonio; opens registration with special pricing
Humana Rock 'n' Roll San Antonio Marathon & ½ Marathon will return the weekend of December 3 – 4, 2016. The race is back for its 9th year and will take runners on a tour of San Antonio's historical landmarks. Registration is now open and specially priced at $79 for the marathon, $70 for the half marathon, $120 for the relay, $40 for the 10K and $35 for the 5K through Tuesday, February 2.
No city does Rock 'n' Roll like San Antonio," said Megan Miller, Event Director. "This race has a distance for everyone from a 10K on Saturday to the marathon on Sunday so grab a friend, lace up those running shoes and join us in San Antonio in 2016."
The Humana Rock 'n' Roll San Antonio Marathon & ½ Marathon will take place on Sunday, December 4. The marathon, half marathon, relay and 5K will start and finish downtown and highlight the city's scenic neighborhoods, historic areas and parks.
The electrifying energy of live, local bands, motivating cheer teams and thousands of encouraging spectators will entertain runners as they journey along the course. Upon finishing, runners are invited to relax and celebrate with family and friends at the post-race Toyota Rock 'n' Roll Concert Series.
The 10K will take place on Saturday, December 3 and will also start and finish downtown. Participants can take the "Remix Challenge" by running the 10K on Saturday and any distance Sunday to earn the coveted Remix Challenge medal in addition to each race's finisher medals.
Race weekend kicks off with a free Health & Fitness Expo, where runners can find the latest in running technologies, fitness apparel, health and nutrition information and interactive displays. The Expo takes place at The Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center on Friday, December 2 from 12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, December 3 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Expo is free and open to the public.


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'Tag': The Games Men (Or Man-Boys, Anyway) Play By Scott Tobias • Jun 14, 2018 With Judd Apatow's 2005 phenomenon The 40-Year-Old Virgin becoming a teenager later this summer, it's entirely fitting that its theme of arrested adolescence continues to dominate studio comedies, despite the third-act assurance in every one of them that, yes, it's perhaps time to grow up and put away childish things. And yet here comes Tag, a hit-or-miss goof about middle-aged men still engaged in a playground battle royale, clinging to their lost youth like a cached beer keg at the end of the night. A Teen Fumbles His Way Out Of The Closet In 'Alex Strangelove' By Scott Tobias • Jun 7, 2018 A few months ago, the YA adaptation Love, Simon became the first gay teen romantic comedy released by a major studio, a sign of broader tolerance — and a changing calculus — in terms of what stories are deemed suitable for mainstream consumption. (That rom-coms themselves are an endangered species made it even more of a rainbow unicorn.) 'Adrift' In Time And Water, Lovers Battle To Find A Course By Scott Tobias • May 31, 2018 To date, the Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur has made one film about a fisherman who survived in freezing water after his boat capsized off the Ireland coast (The Deep), another about a blizzard that wiped eight climbers off the summit of Mount Everest in 1996 (Everest), and now one more about a hurricane that pummeled a yacht in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, leaving its sailors wounded and badly off-course. Here's Everything You Need To Know About 'Book Club': Keaton, Fonda, Bergen and Steenburgen By Scott Tobias • May 17, 2018 In order to shoot the underwater sequences in 1989's The Abyss, director James Cameron converted a turbine pit and a containment vessel at an abandoned nuclear power plant into giant tanks, each holding millions of gallons of water. Imagine those same containment vessels with stems on the bottom and that roughly suggests the white wine budget for Book Club, a benign comedy where the pours are generous and the innuendo is crisp and full-bodied, with a slightly nutty bouquet. 'Breaking In' Robs Viewers Of Suspense By Scott Tobias • May 10, 2018 There are plenty of reasons why many consider Die Hard one of the great action films of the last 30 years: Bruce Willis' reinvention of the Western cowboy as wisecracking everyman, Alan Rickman as his slippery Eurotrash counterpart, the escalating tension within the confined space of a Los Angeles office tower, a script dense with quotable one-liners. But the primary reason is this simple: You always know where people and objects are in relation to each other. 'Overboard': A Gender-Flipped Remake Stays Afloat By Scott Tobias • May 3, 2018 At first glance, the remake of Overboard sounds like the product of a wayward pitch meeting. 'Duck Butter': A Relationship In Fast-Forward Keeps Nuance On Pause By Scott Tobias • Apr 26, 2018 Without getting into the particulars, the title of the lesbian romance Duck Butter refers to an unctuous medley of bodily fluids that might, say, discourage any further sexual engagement. For co-writer/star Alia Shawkat, who scripted the film with director Miguel Arteta (Chuck & Buck, Beatriz at Dinner), it's also a statement of purpose, a commitment to the down-and-dirty realness to come. A Diva Deconstructed In 'Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami' By Scott Tobias • Apr 12, 2018 There's a sequence in the documentary Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami that follows the pop-art icon before, during, and after a pre-recorded TV performance she's giving in front of a studio audience in France. As she makes her way toward the stage in a black corset, high heels, and a lacy purple headdress that masks her eyes — an amusing contrast with the lumpen roadies and stagehands she greets along the way — Jones frets about the possibility of the set being tacky. 'A Quiet Place' Will Leave You Shhhhhhaken By Scott Tobias • Apr 5, 2018 Limitations are a horror filmmaker's best friend, whether it's confining characters to a haunted house, constructing a forest menace out of shaky "found footage," waiting until the third act to show the shark, or starving the senses in order to heighten them. A Quiet Place is about a wave of blind, deadly arachnid creatures that are sensitive to sound — imagine if the aliens in the Vin Diesel film Pitch Black were deposited on earth, more or less — but it's really about isolating an effect and custom-fitting a story around it. Burt Reynolds' 'The Last Movie Star' Is Semi-Tough To Get Through By Scott Tobias • Mar 29, 2018 Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and Burt Reynolds took the one more traveled by, peeling through the backwoods South in a black Pontiac Trans Am with Sheriff Buford T. Justice on his tail. For a stretch in the mid-1970s, when Hollywood was overrun by film-school auteurs making high art on the studio dime, Reynolds was cashing checks on unpretentious commercial hits like The Longest Yard, Smokey and the Bandit, Semi-Tough, and Hooper. 'Flower' Is Thorny But Rootless By Scott Tobias • Mar 15, 2018 In 1960, the great Japanese director Nagisa Oshima made Cruel Story of Youth, his second feature, about a rebellious young couple who perform sexual shakedowns on middle-aged men. Their M.O. is simple: She seduces, he robs. At the time, Oshima offered the film as a quick-and-dirty analog to the nascent French New Wave, with the couple representing a lost generation given to rebellion and criminality. 'Did You Wonder Who Fired The Gun?': Filmmaker's Searing Indictment Of His Ancestor — And Himself By Scott Tobias • Feb 27, 2018 When director Travis Wilkerson first premiered his documentary, Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?, at the Sundance Film Festival and True/False last year, it was a unique piece of performance art. Seated next to the screen with a desk, a laptop, and a microphone, Wilkerson narrated the film in his deep, booming voice, leading the audience through a semi-experimental assemblage of home movies, snapshots, musical interstitials, and original footage of his travels to Alabama, where he went to investigate a shameful chapter in his family history. His great-grandfather S.E. 'Mute' Is 'Blade Runner' Without An Edge By Scott Tobias • Feb 23, 2018 Over the past few months, the roll-out of several high-profile Netflix releases has revealed a predilection for expensive, hard-edged, futuristic genre fare, starting with the human-alien buddy picture Bright, continuing with the TV series Altered Carbon and the surprise post-Super Bowl unveiling of The Cloverfield Paradox. None of them opened to much critical acclaim and Netflix is notoriously cagey about sharing its numbers, but the company has found a niche market that its algorithm can reinforce. 'Early Man' Is A Mammoth Delight By Scott Tobias • Feb 15, 2018 Look closely at a frame from Early Man — or any of the other features and shorts by Nick Park, the stop-motion animator behind Creature Comforts, the Wallace and Gromit series, and Chicken Run — and you can spot the truest and most literal of all auteur stamps: The curvatures of a fingerprint. As computer animation has become the dominant format, Park and his craftspeople at Aardman Animations have remained defiantly analog, using their hands to manipulate the features of plasticine models, frame by painstaking frame. We Have Met The Anomie, And It Is Us: 'Golden Exits' By Scott Tobias • Feb 8, 2018 With films like The Color Wheel, Listen Up, Philip and Queen of Earth, writer-director Alex Ross Perry swiftly established himself as indie-cinema's premier misanthrope, as if the literate class of Woody Allen movies had been body-snatched by caustic malcontents of John Cassavetes movies. Shot in 16mm, mostly in interiors free of electronic distraction, Perry's films are defiantly analog in their four-walled intensity, committed to unpacking the restive desires of characters who act on impulse and often look ugly in the process. When A Still Life Isn't Entirely Still: '24 Frames' By Scott Tobias • Feb 1, 2018 The late Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami often talked about the audience "completing" his movies, which of course implies that he left his work deliberately incomplete, as if to tease the imagination. "I make one film as a filmmaker," he once said, "but the audience, based on that film, makes 100 movies in their minds. Every audience member can make his own movie. This is what I strive for." 'The Maze Runner: The Death Cure': Nice Guy Finishes, At Last By Scott Tobias • Jan 26, 2018 The maze-running part of The Maze Runner trilogy wrapped up about two-thirds of the way into the first film, leaving it to exist only as a metaphor for fresh-faced young people getting treated like laboratory rats. In This 'Freak Show,' Conformity Is The Real Bully By Scott Tobias • Jan 11, 2018 The funniest throwaway moment in Freak Show, an unsteady coming-of-age fantasy, finds Billy Bloom (Alex Lawther), a gay teenager with a penchant for sequins and feather boas, introducing himself to his new classmates at a private school somewhere in the Deep South. 'Insidious: The Last Key' Unlocks The Series' Past. Again. By Scott Tobias • Jan 4, 2018 In the desert outpost of Five Keys, New Mexico in 1953, the Rainier family lives so close to the federal penitentiary that all the lights in the house flicker from the surge of a nearby electric chair. While her little brother Christian greets the occasion with boyish enthusiasm ("You're on the Hades Express, mister!"), Elise quietly sketches a vision of the man in his final moments and recites certain facts about him, like how he chose a ribeye steak for his last meal and told the witnesses to "Go to hell!" before the executioner flipped the switch. Impeccable 'Phantom Thread' Doesn't Drop A Stitch By Scott Tobias • Dec 22, 2017 Even the title, Phantom Thread, sets the mind reeling. The term refers to a Victorian Era phenomenon in which East London seamstresses, utterly exhausted by a long day's work, continue to go through the motions at home, sewing threads that do not exist. It also evokes the otherworldly quality of artistic creation, some divine and inexplicable force that helps bring a work to fruition. Mediocre 'Ferdinand' Will Have Bored Parents Seeing Red By Scott Tobias • Dec 14, 2017 For a simple children's story about a pacifist bull in Spain who would rather smell the flowers than charge a matador, Munro Leaf's The Story of Ferdinand generated tremendous controversy, owing to its worldwide popularity and its date of publication, 1936, which found it caught in political crosswinds. It was banned in Franco's Spain. Hitler ordered it burned as "degenerate democratic propaganda" in Nazi Germany, though it was republished and distributed for free in the same country once the war was over, to teach children a message of peace. Gandhi was a fan. So was H.G. Wells. 'Quest': Documentary Captures The Music Of One North Philly Family's Life By Scott Tobias • Dec 7, 2017 About 20 minutes into the beautiful documentary Quest, a stray bullet strikes a 13-year-old African-American girl in a neighborhood in North Philadelphia, robbing her of sight in her left eye. What's remarkable about the incident is that the documentary would have existed without it: Director Jonathan Olshefski had already committed to making a film about the girl's family, the Raineys, and the errant gunfire just happened to occur within the flow of the day. 'The Disaster Artist' Is 'The Room' Where It Happened By Scott Tobias • Nov 30, 2017 Though Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space is commonly cited as the worst film ever made, he released a far more compelling failure three years before with Glen or Glenda, a semi-autobiographical melodrama about a cross-dresser, played by Wood under the pseudonym "Daniel Davis." Glen or Glenda has all the staggering ineptitude of Plan 9 — most memorably, Bela Lugosi's armchair commentator shouting "Pull the string!"— but it has the added benefit of being nakedly personal, a plea for tolerance from a man who has chosen to reveal a closely guarded secret on s 'Darkest Hour': In A World At War, A War Of Words By Scott Tobias • Nov 22, 2017 Through an accident of timing, 2017 has produced complementary films about British perseverance and moxie at a dangerous inflection point in World War II, when 300,000 men were penned in by encroaching Nazi forces in France. Earlier this summer, Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk celebrated the multi-pronged effort to rescue these soldiers and bring them back across the English Channel, where they could regroup and continue the fight. 'Jim & Andy': The Thin Line Between An Actor's Method — And Madness By Scott Tobias • Nov 16, 2017 At one point during Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond — Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton, a documentary about Jim Carrey and the making of Andy Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon, Carrey gets emotional when asked about his father. Carrey remembers his dad as the funniest person in the room and a brilliant saxophonist who gave up his musical ambitions in order to care for his family. Then he lost his job as an accountant at 51 and it broke him. He hadn't just failed to achieve his dreams. He failed at the compromise. In The Deft, Insightful 'Lady Bird,' A Girl Grows Up — And Grows Wiser By Scott Tobias • Nov 2, 2017 The title of Greta Gerwig's semi-autobiographical Lady Bird refers to the name— not the nickname, the name — a mildly rebellious senior gives to herself, part of the comprehensive array of quirks meant to separate her from the pleated drones of an all-girls Catholic high school. She insists that everyone call her "Lady Bird," including her parents, who grudgingly oblige, though they prefer the name they gave her, Christine, and it stings a little to see it rejected so casually. Do You Want To Skip 'The Snowman?' (You Should) By Scott Tobias • Oct 19, 2017 Director Tomas Alfredson is in the ennui business. His films are heavy and portentous, often blanketed in the permafrost of his native Sweden and always just as chilly indoors. His 2008 breakthrough, Let the Right One In, reinvigorated the vampire myth by draining it of sensationalism and using it as an affecting metaphor for the eternal loneliness of adolescence. A Couple Confronts Polio In 'Breathe' By Scott Tobias • Oct 12, 2017 In a hospital in the late 1950s, the wheeze and ca-chunk of the respirators sound like the inside of an Industrial Age factory, only the product being churned out is another few seconds of life. Compared to the elegant organism that is the healthy human body, the inflation and collapse of the pump is a tired accordion, and the hose connecting the machine to the patient's neck is bandaged and ungainly. In Love And On The Spectrum: 'Dina' By Scott Tobias • Oct 5, 2017 The Sundance-winning documentary Dina is a tale of two movies, sometimes at odds with each other: One is a quirky indie rom-com about two people on the autism spectrum who are getting ready to tie the knot. 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Students will today be casting their votes and asked to #MakeYourMark
The St Cuthbert's ballot box will be in the Foyer during break and lunch time today, so don't forget to vote! Each student will receive a ballot paper during Form Time.
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Last year a total of 969,992 young people from every corner of the country took part in the annual Make Your Mark ballot. The ballot decides what Members of the UK Youth Parliament should debate and vote on to be their campaign for in 2017. The debate will take place on Friday 11th November 2016 within the House of Commons.
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Landon Turns One
When it came time for my newphew's first birthday, we all pretty much knew we would need to incorporate the airport. My brother, Landon's dad, is the owner of Smoketown Helicopters and Landon has spent many days of his first year hanging out at the airport. When there is a sound of a helicopter or plane, Landon will point up and say "dada!" with lots of enthusiasm. It was only fitting we work in at least part of his session at the airport.
The timing of his session was perfect since Jen's parents were in town visiting from Florida. We decided to work in some family photos as well and we had one of the most beautiful fall evenings!
Q&A with Jen, Landon's mama
Landon spends his days at the airport with Dad.
Yes, AEP has done all of our sessions. AEP always captures the most perfect images of my family. She provides such a comfort during the session.
The memories that were created during the session. It was so much fun!
Yes, the one of Landon on the runway is my favorite. This was an impromptu shot that Angie thought of on the spot.
I was not nervous at all. Having used AEP I knew everything would run smoothly. Once again it turned out better than I could have imagined.
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Sequestered in the midst of Lebanon, Tennessee, lies hidden perhaps the most fabulous antique store in America, and not one lick of it is for sale.
Take a peek inside the 26,000-square-foot Cracker Barrel Décor Warehouse, and you'll glimpse but a fraction of this mind-boggling stash of 90,000 items that reflects the America of your grandparents' generation.
The Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurant chain boasts 640 stores in 43 states. Each site holds about 1,000 items, thus another 700,000 pieces, give or take a few thousand. All are original. Good gravy! That means no reproductions.
Riding herd over this mammoth corral of collectibles sits laidback Larry Singleton, as congenial a Southern gent as you'll ever meet, a man who will take suspenders and blue jeans over a suit and tie any day.
"Not a bad place to have to come in every day," quipped décor manager Singleton, 58, who went to work for Cracker Barrel not long after his brother-in-law, Dan Evins, opened that first store on Sept. 19, 1969, about five miles west of Lebanon at the intersection of Highway 109 and Leeville Pike.
"I started washing dishes and bussing tables when I was 15. When I was 16, I finally got to pump gas at night. That was a good summer job," he said, recollecting back to the early years when Cracker Barrel sold Shell Gasoline and was open 24 hours a day.
Singleton was born in Lafayette, Tenn., when his parents, the late Don and Kathleen (Badgett) Singleton, were running the Cloyd Hotel in Red Boiling Springs. The family moved to Lebanon when he was young. He admits he sort of inherited his job as the Cracker Barrel decor manager since Evins hired his mother and father, who were Evins's in-laws, to fill that first restaurant's dining room and gift shop with antiques.
"My parents started Spider Web Antiques in '67. Dad loved to collect stuff, but Mom was the one who loved buying and selling antiques. When Danny got ready developing the restaurant for business on 109, he contacted them and got them to come in. Mom and Dad had to find 48 feet of floor model and countertop showcases," he recalled.
"They were trying to figure out what they were doing. They were gonna sell gas and food and had a gift shop area where could sell novelties and antiques. Mom decorated that first store. They sold antiques for the first four or five years.
"When they were stocking the shop at Spider Web, they were getting things locally at auctions and making house calls, and they set up at flea markets in Nashville and Memphis. After the second and third stores opened, they got a glimpse [of things to come] and knew they might have to get out and scour the country."
That sent his folks off on buying trips to the Northeast.
"When they went on long-range trips for two to three weeks, I would stay home. I had to go to school," said the 1976 Lebanon High graduate. "But after '79, when my Mom got sick, I started going on trips with Dad. He was obliged to show me where all these places were, all the big flea markets all over the country."
That included antique extravaganzas held in such places as Brimfield, Massachusetts; Adamstown, Pennsylvania; Atlanta, Georgia; and Canton, Texas.
"Cracker Barrel had two company cars. We would drive a station wagon up there and then rent U-Hauls and Ryder Trucks and load them up. As it evolved, we had a tractor-trailer set and had 'em delivered back here."
As for the marvelous menagerie of antique items packed from row to row and from floor to ceiling in the warehouse, it might be easier to list what's not here than what is. The collection encompasses vintage metal advertising signs, barber poles, lard cans, Coca-Cola vending machines, oil cans, glassware, old tools, sports equipment, radios, calendars, magazine advertisements, gumball machines, wooden barrels, framed photographs, coffee pots, crock jugs, wash boards, toys, mantel clocks, wagon wheels and on and on.
When new old items are delivered to the Décor Warehouse, they are restored if needed, then cleaned, prepped and catalogued and placed on shelves in the front section of the Décor Warehouse until they are pulled and sent to new stores.
When Cracker Barrel picks a location for a new store, the Décor team, who form a blend of antique doctors, history detectives and archivists, will research the town and dig up information about its people, businesses and agriculture. They use those facts to assemble a batch of items to reflect the community.
"We predesign every store. We come up with a design for the walls of the dining room and front porch and put it together here. Then we photograph each little section and disassemble it, and then we load it out to the store. This one," he said, standing in the middle of a mock-up, "is going to Snellville, Ga."
Singleton, who has been to at least 200 of the Cracker Barrel sites, noted, "I started here in '79 [in the warehouse], working hourly with Daddy. I went from hourly to salary in '81 so I've got 35 years officially."
As décor manager, he said, "The biggest thing is overseeing the department, procuring and buying. By doing all this for years, I built relationships with dealers across the country. So now they'll get in touch with me and see if I'm interested, but I still go to auctions and flea markets."
He currently works with four or five pickers across the U.S. but has dealt with as many as two dozen.
"The first time I heard the word picker was in upstate New York from a fellow named Glen Smith. He said, 'I'm a picker,' and I thought, 'What an odd phrase.' He was really proud to be a picker and had it in his obituary that he picked for Cracker Barrel," said Singleton.
Asked to select five of his favorite items inside the gargantuan antiques storehouse, he ticked off these pieces: a 1916 Coca-Cola banner, Dr. Daniels veterinary cabinet from the 1930s, an Orange Crush bottle cap sign, a reverse glass Peters Shoes sign and a Jeep pedal car from the 1940s.
"I kind a lust after it every time when I pass it," he confessed of the latter item.
Singleton, who has lived in the same house for the past 50 years, the same place from which his parents operated Spider Web Antiques, does a bit of collecting himself.
"I like advertising and any unique country store pieces and anything early from Lebanon and Castle Heights (Military Academy) memorabilia."
When not handling nostalgic goodies, he enjoys going to the beach with his wife, Pandy, and he likes creating oversized guitars from old barn tin. He just completed a 6-foot-tall Les Paul electric guitar, and he has a 10-foot-tall metal guitar in the lobby of Carter Vintage Guitars in downtown Nashville.
"What I've enjoyed most about my job is getting to know the people I've bought from and working with the people here. And I still love uncovering old dusty treasures," said Singleton, himself a treasure trove of knowledge of Cracker Barrel's 47-years of operation.


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- 1/3 cup of horseradish (drained or ready made)
- 1/3 cup crème fraiche or sour cream
- 5 roma tomatoes
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- 2 tsp salt
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- Mix the horseradish with the crème fraiche in a bowl and leave it in the fridge.
- Roast the tomatoes under a hot grill, until the skin is blackened. Remove the charred bits from the heat. Put them into a small bowl and cover them to cool down for 15 minutes.
- After that add the basil, the salt and pepper and mix.
- Season the beef (sirloin or rump) with salt and pepper and brush with the olive oil.
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- Put the steaks in a tray and cook them in the oven until they are cooked as you prefer.
- Get them aside to rest for 5 minutes.
- Re-sear the steaks in the pan and put a tablespoon of the horseradish creme on top of them.
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Elsa is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,660 at the 2010 census. It is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission andReynosa–McAllen metropolitan areas.
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As of the census of 2000, there were 5,549 people, 1,575 households, and 1,324 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,756.8 people per square mile (1,447.6/km²). There were 1,754 housing units at an average density of 1,187.5 per square mile (457.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 74.5% White, 0.34% African American, 0.45% Native American, 0.05% Asian, 21.7% from other races, and 2.97% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 97.28% of the population.
There were 1,575 households out of which 44.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.7% were married couples living together, 22.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.9% were non-families. 14.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.52 and the average family size was 3.90.
In the city the population was spread out with 34.7% under the age of 18, 11.4% from 18 to 24, 25.0% from 25 to 44, 17.3% from 45 to 64, and 11.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females there were 90.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.0 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $19,232, and the median income for a family was $21,831. Males had a median income of $21,957 versus $17,107 for females. The per capita income for the city was $7,550. About 33.5% of families and 38.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 51.9% of those under age 18 and 32.2% of those age 65 or over.